Quiller.



J. JEFFERS.

QUILLER.

APPLICATEON FILED AUG. 16. 1913.

Patented July 16, 1918.

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JESSE.J'EFFERS,.pFWI-IITINSVILLE, 'MASSACHUS-ETTS, ASSIGNOB -TO THE WHITIN ,MAC HINE WORKS, 013 WHITINSVIIJLE, iMASSACI-IUSE-TTS, A CORPORATION 015' MASSACHUSETTS.

QUILLER.

Patented July 16, 1918'.

Application filed August 16, 1913. Serial No. 785,066.

To-alZ-whom it may concern:

-'Be it known that "I, Jnssn Jnrnnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVhitinsville, ,Massachusetts, have invented the following described Improvements in Quillers.

be :temporarily depressed below its normal rangeof traverse. :so as to cause the yarn 01-l3l11"ead l3O b6 wrapped around the spin- ..dlecollar belowithe base of the quill, thus serving as a means for holding the :ends while the tfull 'quillsare removed and fresh ones substituted on :the spindles. The -in vention further comprises .in :combination with such mechanism or device, means wherebyrthe .sameis rendered normally idle and unaffected by =themovenient of the traverse .mechanism as producedmby the buildenmotiomand whereby the framemay be. locked in its depressed position with the thread guides lowered .where ;;they will :not

obstructthe rapid removal and replacement of :quills, all as will be apparentrto those familiar with ;,this subject and as. will be more, particularly v pointed out i in the claims appended hereto.

"I 1 the drawings forming part hereof, Figured is an end view of 1a 1 quiller with certain parts .in rear shown .in .dotted lines and -certain.other ;p arts removed, and having :the present inventionapl'ilied to it.

Fig. 2 is adetail:of;the.quillerspindle and thread guide.

Fig. 3- is. a detailof the over=traverse mechanism. I i

Fig. 4 .is ;a diagrammatical {illustration .of the action ofthe device and zshowi-ngg-a clifferent lever and dock. H p

Fig. 5 is a modified :form, .in front eleva- :tlQIl. i '4' The gquiller fram comprises ;two 1 similar end standards 31,;connect6d [by-101161.02 more longi udin l f ar g' r 1.e s;;2,: afldby a series of parallel bolsterrails-B, upon which the numerousspindles 4c are jfou rnaleda The bolster nails are I disposed in;; steps ranging upward aud rearward as shown in Fig. -1 nd thea-guill,spi d e if t ereon. re belted,

means ,ef tan s, at yth ir isg fe nonding driving drums 5, to which power is applied in any suitable manner to drive the spindles, A counter-weighted foot-treadle 6 disposed at the front of themachine, and coextensive with the length'thereof, serves to controlthe power through a'belt-shipper or likedevice, which also is not shown, being ofordinaryor any suitable design. So long asthe operative whostands on a step or platform 7, depresses the treadle with'her foot, the machine is kept. in motion, release fofthetreadle stopping the machine through theaction of the counterweight 6*. be understood t-ha-t the platform 7 extends --the length of the machine as usual, being It will set close to the foot treadle rail 6 so that the operative can reach the upper rows of spindles.

The thread-guide frame comprises a series of parallel thread-guide rods 8, carried by 'two ormore inclined cross-bars 8 in such -manner that each rod is ad acent to one of the rows of spindles on the bolsterrails 3. Each-of the said rods carries a series of threadguides'QO, sufiicient to serve all the spindles in the row. The thread guide frame as thus equipped is mounted upon the upper ends of a set of lifter rods 9, which are ournaled to slide vertically in the main frame and connected at theirlowerends with a series of counter-weighted hfter. levers such as shown at 10. The lifter levers are connectfall-at both ends of the thread guide frame.

The counterweights applied to the traverse mechanlsm on the lifter levers thereof, or elsewhere, are desirably made sufficiently heavy to overbalance the weight of the lifter rods and guide-frame with its attached parts so that "the tendency is for the frame to rise except as otherwise restrained. The

lifter lever 10 at one end of the machine is provided with a sector arm 12, to which a 1chain'13 is attached running thence over a sheave'fl l to the-regular builder 'motion .which is indicatedgenerallyby 15; In the normaloperation of the qulller, acam 16 actuates the lever'o'f the builder motion,.

whichin turn-reciprocates the builder chain .13 and therest of the traverse motion, which imparts 'ito'ithe thread. aide frame its nor mal .up'aand -down motmn appropriate for the'length of quills used, and gives it also an appropriate gain motion, as will be well understood, the same being supplied through the operation of the ratchet Wheel on the 5 builder as usual, giving any desired character of wind of thread. The builder motion of itself forms no part of the bresent invention and is therefore not described. It will be understood that its function is to impart a normal traverse motion of any desired character to the thread guide frame such as will properly build the yarnon the rotating quills,

' The over-traverse device is applied to the connecting rod 1.1, above referred to, and 1n the specific form illustrated by Figs. 13 it comprises a'lever 18, fulcrumed on a bracket 19 bolted to theouter face of one end standard, and connected by a chain 21 or equivalent flexible means with a, sleeve 22, which sleeve is capable of sliding freely on the connecting rod. When the lever 18 is thrown down as indicated, the sleeve is thereby drawn alongthe rod 11 into contact with a collar- 23 fixed on the rod and by means of such engagement moves the rod in a direction to depress the arms of the lifte'rlevers and hence to lower the thread guide frame. The throw of the lever is sufficient to thus move the rod from any position in which-it may happen to be when the sleeve strikes the collar, to a point beyond its normal range'ofdownward traverse, which extent of motion will bring all the thread guides to the position represented by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 or of the full lines of Fig. 1 or Fig. The device thus predominates over the builder motion and, when operated, slackens the builder chain 13. As will be observed in the drawings, when a builder chain is not present in the type of builder motion used in the particular quiller to which the invention is applied, a similar loose or lost-motion connection between the actuating part of the builder motion. and the guide frame is of course necessary, so that the frame can be temporarily controlled by hand independently of the gearing of the machine. When the thread guide frame has been thus depressed'or over-traversed by the operation of the handle 18, the continued rotation of the spindles will cause the; yarn towrap thereon vbelow the baseof the quill as will be evident from Fig. 2, so that the quills-may then be removed leaving the yarn attached'to the spindles ready to windat once on thefresh quillwhen the over-traverse device hasibeen restored, Without furtherattention.

7 spring 24:, applied to the sliding sleeve'22 tends to withdraw itfrom the fixed collar 23 and back to a position where it will not be encountered by the collar during .theln'orma'l traverse reciprocation of the rod. 11 and hence where it Willbe idle andunafi'ected by 6 5 the builder -motion, in its regular, operation;

xinvention for obvious reasons.

rodllby a rod or link 27 which has a part The handle is thus thrown down against the tension of the spring, and whenreleased is restored and held in uprightposition thereby, as indicated by the dotted lines,the chain 21 being also held taut/by the spring and out of the way of other parts as will be evident. All the parts of the over-traverse device are 7 thus, in this case, held in a normally idle and inactive position by the spring 24, but yet part connected with the thread guide frame through or by which it'can depressthe latterbelow its normal traverse. By making it'as a sleeve on the rod however, as shown in the drawings, it will be apparent thatcomplication of structure is avoided and such form and arrangement therefore constitute one of thespecific features of this invention.

The fixed end of the spring 24tmay be attached to any suitable part of themachine,

but ,can'be connected to the connecting rod itself by means of a collar 25 set-screwed thereon, this method of attachment also constituting' one of the special features of the The collar 25 is' fastened to the rod at a point far enough along to be under tension at 1 all times and forth positions of'thetraversed parts, giving'and taking, with the reoipro eating movementof the latter but without other effect than tokeep the chain 21 taut'as above stated. I

Howeven-instead of employinga spring as a take-up for the over-traverse device, such spring may be omitted entirely, and the -1 10 sleeve 22 or such part as'perfor'msthe rum tion of advancing into engagement with and depressing the traverse mechanism, may be connected with the operating handle by con nections which will movesuch sleeve or part positively in both directionsand also niainitain it in its normallyjidle.condition,;f.Thus,

as shown inFig. 5, the operating lever, here marked 26, is connected with the connecting 27 a to engage the fixed collar 23 thereon, and

is of suflicient length as findicated to place such part beyond the normal traverseofthe rod and collar, so: that it will; be who1ly unafi'ected by the operationof the machine. F

. By throwingthe lever downwardly the said part 27 isdrawn into-contactwitli the col; lar-23 so as'to. move thec'onnectingrod'l1, to

the left, a sufficient distance to ever-traverse w the thread guide's inthem nnerabove as 1 30 scribed, but as just stated the operating lever is otherwise idle and unaffected by the operation of the machine.

It is not to be understood that the invention is limited to the means above exemplified and explained for keeping the overtraverse device idle when not in use, for it will be evident that the essential purpose of the said device is to predominate over the builder motion and in order to depress the thread guide frame, and that such function may be accomplished whether the device moves with the traversed parts or is idle as in the case described. It is desirable that the handle or lever by which the frame is over-traversed shall project somewhat from the machine so as to be more or less conspicuous to the operator as a safeguard against inadvertent operation of the machine when the frame is depressed, which would result in a considerable waste of thread. The handle is therefore placed at one end of the quiller toward the front and adjacent to the builder motion so that it can be easily seen and also easily reached by the operative, and when thrown down will be so conspicuous, if not also so obstructive to passage around the machine as to prevent its being left in the thrown position longer than necessary. To retain the handle when thrown and hold the thread guide frame in its over-traverse positionuntil released, a retaining means is provided, preferably upon or at the handle. In the form of Fig. 1, this means is formed by the sprocket carrier wheel 28 which guides the chain 21, cooperating with a spring-pressed bolt 29 ar ranged to snap automatically into a socket in the periphery of the wheel as shown in detail in Fig. 3. In the form shown in Fig. 4 the carrier wheel 28 is substituted by a fixed chain guide 32 secured to or formed as a part of the end standard and the locking means of this form comprises a bolt 31 mounted on the operating lever 26 and adapted to engage a fixed quadrant to lock the parts as will be evident without explanation. Fig, 5 illustrates the same form of retaining means but various different means may of course be employed with similar effect. In any case means are provided either on the frame of the quiller or elsewhere for detel-mining the extent of over-traverse, so that the thread guides may not be brought to a point below that indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 2 where the thread would be come entangled with the driving tape 4.

This means in Figs. 4c and 5 is represented by an abutment stop 30 formed on the quadrant 30 and adapted to limit the movement of the lever or handle 26.

I claim:

1. In a quiller, a thread guide frame, means for normally traversing the samecomprising lifter rods and levers and a connecting rod between the levers, a sleeve on such connecting rod, a lever connected to the sleeve and adapted for operation to cause the sleeve to move the rod beyond its normal traverse and means for normally maintaining said sleeve in an inoperative position with respect to the rod.

2. In a quiller, the combination with the thread guide frame, and a rod connected therewith, of a part movable parallel with the rod and adapted to engage a projection thereon to move the rod beyond its normal traverse, a spring attached to said part and to the rod and adapted to withdraw the part from engagement with the projection, and an operating member for said part subject to the tension of the said spring.

3. The combination with a traversed frame, reciprocating members comprising counterweighted lifter-levers and a connecting link, and a builder-motion operating said members to reciprocate the frame, of a manually-operated lever, an abutment on said link, and a part mounted for movement substantially parallel with the link, said part being normally separated from and adapted to contact with the abutment to shift the link and thereby depress the traversed frame through manual operation of the lever.

4. The combination with a traversed frame, reciprocating members comprising counterweighted lifter levers and a connecting link, and a builder-motion operating said members to reciprocate the frame, of a manually-operated lever, a part guided on the link for shifting the same and the lifter levers to lower the traversed frame, a chain connecting said part with the lever, and a spring take-up acting reversely to the pull of the chain.

In' testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE JEFFERS. lVitnosses CHESTER C. LAMB, OSCAR L. OWEN.

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